Voting booth



T. J. PURDY.

VOTING BOOTH. APPLICATION men JAN. 20. 1921.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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Application January 20,1921... Serial lio 433,710;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRUMAN J. PUPDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sunbury, in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVoting Booths, of which the following is a specification. This inventionrelates to voting booth composed of a series of interlocking foldablesections, and more particularly the invention relates to improved meansfor inter-. locking the back sections of adjacent booths.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of two connectedbooths; and,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, a, b, and 0 lndlcate the back, a side wall andthe spacing member, respectively, of a sectional unit in a system ofbooths, and a, b, and 0 indicate similar members in an adjacent section.The back a of the unit represented by the parts a, b, and 0 comprises arectangular frame composed of parallel uprights 1 and 2, connected' byupper and lower cross-bars 3 and 4, the latter having their end portionsproj ecting beyond the uprights 1 and 2. As shown, the end 3 of theupper cross bar has on its front face a notch, 3 and the end portion 3has on its rear face a similar notch 3 The end portions of the lowercross bar i are notched in the same manner as the end portions of theupper cross bar. The part b, which forms the side wall for the booth, ora partition between adjacent booths, comprises a suitable frame which isconnected by hinges 5 to the upright 1 of the back section, and when thewall or partition I) is swung into its unfolded position, shown in thedrawing, at right angles to the back section, it stands edgewise infront of the ends 2% of the cross bars 3 and 4c. The parts a and b arefaced with suitable light board or wood veneer j, and the spacing member0, which also constitutes a writing table, is hinged to the facing onthe part b and. when unfolded its free end rests upon a cross bar 6 onthe wall or partition I) of the adjacent section, each unit beingprovided with a cross bar 6 to serve as a support for the spacing memberof another section.

When the sections are folded, the spacing member a folds upward on thepartition I), and the latter folds inward against the backpiece a. Inassembling the units, the

edge with the hooked or notched ends 8 and 3, 4 and 4 of their crossbars overlapped I and'interlocked, as shown inthe drawing,"

back' 'portions are brought together edge to i f and when the partitionbis swung to its unfolded position, as shown in the drawing, the rearedge of this partition overlies the ends 3 and 4 of the bars of theadjacent i unit and thereby the backs of the booths are locked together.As the units are alike, any

number of booths may be connected in this a simple manner and may bedisconnected when the partitions are folded.

The end wall dof the. series of booths comprises a rectangular framefaced with veneering or board j and having upper and lower cross bars 7and 8, respectively, which bars are extended beyond the rear upright 7of the frame and provided with notches 7 and 8 in their upper sides,which interlock with notches in the lower sides of the extended ends ofthe cross bars ofthe frame a. It will be evident that the structuredescribed provides a simple and inexpensive interlocking connectionbetween the backs ofv the booths which permits the parts to be quicklyassembled or taken What I claim is: j

1. In a sectional system of voting booths composed of similar units, aunit comprising a back frame havinglaterally projecting portions havingnotches in their rear faces at the one end of the same'and notches inthe forward faces at the other end of the same adapted to interlock withsimilar portions on adjacent sections, and a partition apart.

hinged to one side of the back frame-and having its rear edge adapted toengage the a projecting portions of an adjacent section.

when the partition is in unfoldedlposition.

2. In a sectional system of voting booths composed of similar units, aunit comprising a back frame having cross bars projecting beyond thelateral edges of the frame and adapted to overlap and interlock with theprojecting ends of cross bars onv adjacent frames, and a partitionhinged to the back frame and adapted to stand edgewise, in front of theprojecting ends of thebars at one edge of the frame when the partitionis,

in unfoldedpositionthe edge of the partition of one unit engages theprojecting ends of the bars of the adjacent unit to hold the two unitsinterlocked together.

3. In a sectional system of voting boothscomposed of similar units, aunit comprising a back frame having cross bars the ends of Which projectbeyond the lateral edges of the frame, the end portions of the bars atone edge of the frame having notches in their rear faces and the endportions of the bars at the opposite edge having notches in theirforward faces, and a partition attached to the hack frame and having itsrear edge extending in front of the latter end 10 portions of the barWhen the partition is in unfolded position the edge of the partition ofone unit engaging the projecting ends of the bars oft-he adjacent unitto hold the two units interlocked together.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature 15 in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

TRUMAN J. PURDY. Witnesses:

C. W. CLEMENT, JOHN WAssLER.

